| Class:
Junior
|
Height/Weight:
6-1
/
225
|
| Home Town:
Homewood, Ill.
|
Position/Event:
Defensive Line
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| High School:
Homewood-Flossmoor
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B/T:
|
| Season | G | UA | A
| TOTAL
| TFL | SACK | INT |
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 11-48 | 5-33 | 0-0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 5.5-20 | 3.5-14 | 0-0 |
| CAREER | 22 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 16.5-68 | 8.5-47 | 0-0 |
student-athlete bio:
2012: First-team all-UAA … Missed the first five games of season with an injury … Recorded 23 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks … Tied career-high with eight tackles, two tackles for loss, one pass break-up and a 0.5 sack in win at Case (11/3) … Second in the league in conference games only in sacks (2.5) and tackles for loss (4.0).
2011: Honorable-mention all-UAA … Started six of seven games played … Missed three games with an injury late in season … Seventh on the team with 35 tackles … Made career-high eight stops vs. Rhodes (9/10) … UAA Athlete of the Week on Oct. 17 following four tackles, tackle for loss, sack and blocked kick vs. Wooster (10/19).
2010: Played in all 10 games on special teams and backup defensive lineman … Recorded five tackles in rookie season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Football and track letterwinner at Homewood-Flossmoor High School … Team captain in football … National Achievement … Prairie State Scholar and AP Scholar with honors … Illinois State Scholar.
PERSONAL: Majoring in anthropology with a minor in biology. … Son of Emmanuel and Benedeth Nwumeh.